Graham and Harris (2005) recommend that young students with handwriting problems should be provided with supplemental instruction.
Four-step sequence that focuses on writing lowercase letters accurately and fluently.
Alphabet warm-up. The students practice naming, matching, and sequencing alphabet letters.
Alphabet practice. The students practice writing unit letters in isolation.
Alphabet rockets. The students repeatedly write a sentence containing unit letters during a 3-minute time frame, and the students record the number of letters written.
Alphabet fun. The teacher models how to make a unit letter in a funny way.
from - Teaching Students with Learning Problems, 8th Edition, Cecil D. Mercer; Ann R. Mercer; Paige C. Pullen (2011)
Writing Instruction
Sentence writing strategy
P- Pick a sentence type and formula
E-Explore words to fit the formula
N-Note the words
S-Search for verbs and subjects, and check
Paragraph writing strategy
P-Pick a topic, an audience, and the appropriate textual format
L-List information about the topic to be used in sentence generation, ongoing evaluation, and organizational planning
E- Evaluate whether the list is complete and plan how to organize the ideas that will be used to generate supporting sentences
A- Activate the paragraph with a short and simple declarative topic sentence
S- Supply supporting sentences based on items from the list
E- End with a concluding sentence that rephrases the topic sentence, and evaluate the written work for errors in capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and appearance.
Graham and Harris (2005) recommend that young students with handwriting problems should be provided with supplemental instruction.
Four-step sequence that focuses on writing lowercase letters accurately and fluently.
Alphabet warm-up. The students practice naming, matching, and sequencing alphabet letters.
Alphabet practice. The students practice writing unit letters in isolation.
Alphabet rockets. The students repeatedly write a sentence containing unit letters during a 3-minute time frame, and the students record the number of letters written.
Alphabet fun. The teacher models how to make a unit letter in a funny way.
from - Teaching Students with Learning Problems, 8th Edition, Cecil D. Mercer; Ann R. Mercer; Paige C. Pullen (2011)Writing Instruction
Sentence writing strategy
P- Pick a sentence type and formulaE-Explore words to fit the formula
N-Note the words
S-Search for verbs and subjects, and check
Paragraph writing strategy
P-Pick a topic, an audience, and the appropriate textual formatL-List information about the topic to be used in sentence generation, ongoing evaluation, and organizational planning
E- Evaluate whether the list is complete and plan how to organize the ideas that will be used to generate supporting sentences
A- Activate the paragraph with a short and simple declarative topic sentence
S- Supply supporting sentences based on items from the list
E- End with a concluding sentence that rephrases the topic sentence, and evaluate the written work for errors in capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and appearance.
Reviewing strategy
C- CapitalizationO-Overall appearance
P- Proper punctuation
S- Spelling
Opinion Paper
D- Develop a position statementA- Add supporting arguments
R- Report and refute counter arguments
E- End with a strong conclusion
Narratives
S- Setting elementsP- Problems
A- Actions
C- Consequences
E- Emotions
Themes and reports
T- ThinkO- Organize it
W- Write a draft
E- Evaluate it
R- Refine it
Appearance
H- HeadingO- Organized
W- Written Neatly